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Friday, March 9, 2012

This cocktail is the perfect antidote to the common Mimosa–simply replace the orange juice with something a bit more flavorful, and you have a cocktail worthy of its own toast at brunch!

Blood Orange Bubbles

1 1/2 oz blood orange juice

Champagne

Fill a flute or coupe glass with 1 1/2 oz of juice, then top with Champagne or another sparkling wine.

Notes: Brunch cocktails, in my humble opinion, should always be fairly simple–there's no sense in flaming an orange peel before you've had your morning coffee! As always, there's no need to splurge on expensive Champagne when cava or Crémant will be just as lovely. Cheers!

Author and editor Lena is a music and dance scholar and classically trained coloratura soprano who adores F. Scott Fitzgerald and hand-written notes,
believes every household should have a chilled bottle of Champagne on hand,
and loves very few things more than a perfectly placed polka dot.